Grain-shocking machine.



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APPLIOATION FILED EAR. 11, 1903.

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GRAIN-SHOCKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed March 11, 1903. Serial No. 147,330.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. MAINGUET, residing at Evangeline. in theparish of Acadia and State of Louisiana, have invented a new andImproved Grain-Shocking Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention is in the nature of an improved grain-shockingapparatus especially designed to shock long or short grain or corn withthe same ease and effectiveness and which will leave the sheavesstanding practically in the form of a shock.

Among the essential advantages of my construction is the providing of abun die-receiver which automatically oscillates first to its verticalposition with the discharge-gates opened and which gates are temporarilyheld open as the machine passes from the standing shock and thenautomatically close as the receiver returns to its horizontal position.Another essential feature lies in-the means for intermittentlyoscillating the bundle-receiver, which is controlled by the continuousrotating shaft driven by the ground-wheel.

My invention consists in the improved combination, correlativearrangement, and detailed construction of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. in which- Figure l isa front view of my improved construction of shockingmachine. Fig. 2 is atop plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same,taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a transversesection thereof on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a cross-section ofthe bundle-receptacle with the automatically-operating gates. Fig. 6 isa detail plan view of a portion of the receptacle-gatcs-operatingmechanism and the trip-lever devices which coact therewith. Fig. 7 is aface view of the gear wheel F, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 8 is adetail view of the clutclrequipped gear-carrying shaft and the means forintermittently shifting the said shaft. Fig. 9 is a side elevation ofthe segmental rack and the pinions and shafts that engage therewith.Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion thereof. Figs. 11 and 12 aredetail sections on lines 11 11 and 12 12 of Fig.

10. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the locking devices hereinafter referredto; and Fig. 14: is a detailv sectional view. and Fig. 15 a detaildiagrammatic view, illustrating a supplemental gate mechanism forholding the bundles l l l that pass into the receptacle H from fallingdown before a predetermined time.

1n the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my shocking-machine witha low-down binder; but I desire it understood that the same can beapplied to the ordinary types of elevator-equipped machines in generaluse.

Referring now to the details of construction, A designates the main orstationary frame of the shocking apparatus, mounted at one side on theusual form of ground-wheel B and at the other side on a singlecaster-wheel I, suitably connected with the main frame in a manner tobalance the same during any position of the receptacle presentlyreferred to, said arrangement of the single caster-wheel serving also torelieve the draft-pole or tongue of undue weight.

On the inner end of the shaft B, that carries the ground-wheel B, ismounted a sprocketwheel B over which takes a sprocket-chain B whichengages a large sprocket-wheel G on a shaft C, parallel with the shaftB, but in a plane above said shaft, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, byreference to which and to Figs. 6 and 8 it will be noticed upon theshaft C is mounted a compound bevel-gear, fixed on the said shaft C androtatable therewith and which comprises a large bevel-disk D and asmaller bevel-disk D which is joined with the disk D, so the two disks Dand D will be moved and rotated in unison, and the said disks D and Dare so arranged that the disk D will first mesh with a gear-wheel D andupon the shifting of the gears the gear D will mesh with a bevel-gear Dimounted on the end of the shaft E disposed in a horizontal plane of theshaft C and extending forwardly therefrom at right angles thereto and atright angles to the gear D The larger gear D is intended to impart ahigh speed to the shaft FJ and the gear D a slow speed to the shaft E itbeing understood that the said gears D and D operate alternately. Whenthe disk D is in mesh with the gear D speed is imparted to the shaft E,which conveys rapid motion to the convey er-chain IE. it beingunderstood that this takes place when the receptacle is in the positionfor receiving the sheaves, while when the disk D is in mesh with gear Dit will impart motion to the shaft F? and the conveyer-chain E at a slowspeed during the dumping operation of the receptacle.

The gears D and D* are arranged to impart the variable-speed movement tothe shafts E On the inner end of the shaft C is fixedly and E whichcoact with the pulleys E and mounted a clutch member C having an anthegripping-chains E mounted thereon, the nular groove C and between thecollar C different shafts E, E and E and the chains fixed to the shaft Cand the sprocket-wheel operating to convey the bundles from the (J, is aspring C, which normally holds the ejector into the receiver orreceptacle H, presshaft C outward in the direction of the arentlyreferred to. row 10 and releases the clutch C from an Thesheaves-ejecting device is on the main opposing clutch-sleeve C, whichis loosely frame at a point beyond the outer side of the mounted uponthe inner end of the shaft C ground-wheel B, and the said mechanismcomand which has integrally formed therewith prises a shaft G, mountedon the suitable end or fixedly attached thereto a mutilated gearbearings G and which carries at the inner F and a second mutilated gearF, and in the end achain-wheel G provided with an adjustsleeve C slidesand rotates the shaft C, as able pusher-block G the purpose of whichclearly understood by referring to Figs. 6 will presently appear. and 8of the drawings, by reference to which G designates a smallsprocket-wheel jourit will also be noticed a series of lever memnaled ona stub-shaft mounted on the main bers P, P and P* join with each otherand frame, and the said wheel G is in the vertical are cooperativelyconnected with the groove plane of the wheels G G and around it and C inthe clutch-collar C in such manner that the wheel G passes an endlessdrive-chain G the inward shifting of the shaft G acts upon which alsoengages a sprocket-wheel (1 disthe said levers in a manner and for apurpose posed intermediate the gears G and Gr and which will presentlyappear. mounted on a shaft G which extends across By referring now toFig. 7 it will be nothe machine in a plane parallel with the shaft ticedthe gear F has an annular groove Pand Ur, and the said shaft (1? carriesa series of a radial notch Q, that communicates with theoppositely-projecting fingers G, which rotate said groove, which notchat predetermined with it and serve to eject the bundles on the timesreceives a locking-lug P on the outer elevator devices previouslyreferred to, it beend of the catch P, whereby to lock the wheel ingproperto here state that at each ejection F from rotation. of a bundlethe sprocket-wheel G is given a When the shaft C is moved inwardly topartial rotation and through the medium of bring the clutches C and (1*into engagement, the chain C imparts a proper revolution to the catch Pis shifted to release its lug P the gear G and at each completerevolution from the notch Q, and cause it to ride in the of said wheel Gits adjustable block G? is annular groove P and permit the wheel F tobrought into engagement with certain clutch revolve, which has motionimparted to it from mechanism which controls the means that opthe shaftG when the clutches G and C enerates the opening and closing of therecepgage. tacle H, all of which will hereinafter be more A rod P ismounted transversely on the refully explained. ceptacle H, and it hasstops P P which co- The wheel C on the shaft C is always held act withmembers 0 O on the ends of the bars in alinementwith the sprocket-wheelB but H, which form a part of the mechanism for it is loosely mountedupon the shaft U and controlling the opening and closing of the held torotate therewith by means of a key gates M M of the receptacle H andholds the fixed to the said shaft C. To always mainsaid shaft and theparts combined therewith tain the wheel C in proper alinement with the lfrom operation and the receptacle H from sprocket-wheelBandpreventitslateralmoverocking upon its axis until the shaft 0 is mentwith respect to said sprocket-wheel B moved inwardly at predeterminedtimes, when I provide a collar C on one side of the wheel the said stopsP will be moved from engage- C and a spring C, held between the otherside ment with the members 0 0, (see Fig. 6,)and of the wheel (1 and acollar C fixedly sethereby leave the shafts L L free to operate cured tothe shaft 0. Referring to Figs. 3 and the receptacle H to rock on itsaxis, as and 6, it will be seen I provide a vertical will presently morefully appear.

shaft 75, which has attached a pair of crankl/Vhen the catch P isshifted in the manner arms P one of which is cooperatively constated,the wheelsF and F will be free to turn, nected with a groove C in theclutch-collar it being obvious that by reason of the groove C while theother one of the crank-arms P P and the notch Q that when the said notchengages with the lock-bar devices P, as will Q comes into register withthe lug P the said be presently explained. lug will he slid intoengagement with the notch P indicates a short catch for engaging with Q,by the pull-back tension of the spring C, the groove P in the mutilatedgear F, the l which under the said conditions will shift the catch P andthe crank-arms P being so arshaft C outwardly, and thereby release theranged that the shifting of the shaft C, carclutches C and C. rying withit the clutch-collar C will serve to The wheel F meshes with themutilated gear operate the catch P and the arms P, for a F, mounted onthe stub-axle H, which forms purpose presently explained. 1 a part ofthe receptacle H, and the wheel F meshes with an idler-gear F on astub-shaft f mounted in hangers F pendent from the axle H, and the saididler F meshes with a mutilated gear-wheel F also fixedly joined withthe axle H, as shown.

The mutilated gears F F have alternate smooth and gear peripheralportions, and the said smooth portions of the said gears F F are soarranged whereby one of the gears F F is in mesh with the gear portionof one of the mutilated gears F F, while the other one of the gears F Fis out of, mesh with the gear portion of the other one of the mutilatedgears F F, whereby but one set of gears F F or F F F will be in anoperative connection at a time. By referring now more particularly toFigs. 3, 4, 6, and 8 it will be noticed that when the mutilatedgear-wheel F has its gearsurface in mesh with the gear F the shaft H*will be rotated in the direction of the arrow on the gear F Fig. 3, todump the receptacle. While this operation is taking place, the smoothsurface of the mutilated gear F will be in engagement with the gear F"and will therefore not operate the said gear F Now when the receptaclehas been dumped the smooth surface of the mutilated gear F will comeinto engagement with the gear F while the gear-surface of the mutilatedgear F will come into engagement with the gear F and thereby impartmotion to the gear and shaft H in the direction reverse to thatindicated by the arrow on the gear'F in Fig. 3 and return the receptacleto its horizontal position, it being understood that this correlativeoperation is performed for each dumping of the receptacle.

It should be further understood that the gear and smooth portions of themutilated gears F F are so arranged that the gear portion of one of themutilated gears F F is released from engagement with its cooperatinggear F or F slightly before the gear portion of the other one of themutilated gears FF engages with its cooperating gear F or F, as the casemay be, whereby the receptacle when in its vertical position will remainstationary long enough for the machine to move a slight distance tobring its receptacle away from the standing shock and also when thereceptacle is in its horizontal position to leave it in said positionuntil filled.

Referring now more particularly to the construction of'the receptacle H,its manner of operation,and the actuating means controlling the openingand closing of the gates M M,

attention is called to Figs. 1, 2, and 13, which.

illustrate the said parts in detail and by ref erence to which it willbe noticed the receptacle H is composed of two main parallel bars H,rigidly connected to the stud-axles 11* Hi held to rock in bearings 2020, extended up from the main frame, and the said bars H at one endmerge with an arched portion H and they have their opposite ends joinedby an arched member H On the edges of the side bars H are formed aseries of bearings h and h ,in the ones it of which at each side arejournaled shafts Land in the ones Wat each side are journaled shafts L,and to the shafts L are fixedly joined the gates M M, hereinafter termedthe upper gates, and to the shafts L are fixedly connected the lowergates M M, and on the lower end of each of the shafts L L are afiixedthe beveled gears N N, formed with alternately-arranged smooth andtoothed portions,'as shown, for-coacting with a pair of outwardly-extending rack guides K K, which curve inwardly on an are having theaxis of the receptacle H as a center. The racks K K have three separatedbut paralleldisposed ways (designated K1 K and K) on which the ones Kare arranged to coact with the bevel-gears N, the ones K with the gearsN, and the ones I to form grooved guides for the extremities of the sidebars H, which slide in said grooves when the receptacle H is oscillated.

it will be noticed by referring to Figs. 9, 10 that the ways K havetoothed portions N" at their upper end extending downwardly a shortdistance and the ways K have similar toothed portions N at their lowerend, which extend a short distance backwardly. Now by hearing in mindthat the gears N N have alternate smooth and toothed portions the mannerin which they cooperate with the racks K and the opening and closing ofthe gates M M is accomplished as follows: Nhen d ropping the receptacle,which is intermittently efl'ected by the action of the mechanism undercontrol of shaft C, the gear N will first engage the teeth N and bepartially rotated to close the gates M M, secured to the shaft L L, andto exert a final pressure by arranging the gates M M in suchjuxtaposition that when closed they will bear downwardly upon thecontents of the receptacle, it being understood that when the aboveaction of closing the gates M M occurs the gates M M are held closed.After the gears N have made a partial rotation to close the gates M Mtheir smooth surfaces contact with the smooth part of the ways K, andthereby hold the gates M M in a closed positionwhile the receptacle isbeing brought to its vertical position and passes back to its horizontalposition. When the receptacleH reaches near the vertical position, thegears N engage the toothed portions N and they, with their shafts L L,partially rotate to bring the gates M M to an open position. Thereceptacle H after it is brought to its vertical position is held atsuch position a short while before it begins to oscillate back to itshorizontal position, whereby to allow the machine to pass forward asuificient space to leave the standing shock before the closure of thegates M M occurs, which begins as soon as the receptacle starts on itsreverse movement by reason of the gears N N, which now engage the rackportions N 3 N being rotated in a reverse direction to close the gates MM. As soon as such action is completed the smooth surfaces of the gearsN engage the smooth portions of theways K thus holding the gates M Mlocked until the receptacle again assumes a vertical position. As thegates M M on the reverse or up movement of the receptacle H remainedclosed, it is proper to state that when the said receptacle aboutreaches its horizontal plane the gears N within engage the rack portionsN and are then rotated in a direction reverse to that in which they lastrotated, whereby to bring the gates M M to an open position. Theprojections O, that engage the-blocks P on the lever P1 beforedescribed, hold the front end of the receptacle H from dropping until atproper predetermined times.

In Figs. 14, 15 is illustrated in detail supplemental means forsustaining the bundles within the receptacle and preventing them fromfalling down before the proper predetermined times. The said meanscomprises a flat platform M two spring members R, fixedly connected atone end to the inner sides of the bars H (see Fig. 14) and whose otherends are loosely joined with the rods R R fixed loosely to the lowerpart of the bottom gate or platform N A look or pawl R carried by themembers R is mounted upon the gate M in such manner that when the saidlock or pawl R is pressed down and released from the edge of the gatesM, which is done when said pawl passes down over a stud bolt or arm Kthe spring members R will then move the pawl R and the gate M out ofalinement with the bottom of the receptacle (see Fig. 15) to permit theready discharge of the shock. In returning to the horizontal positionthe shoulder r" of the pawl R will engage the bracket R fixed, bypreference, onto the frame A, and thereby hold the pawl and gate Mstationary until the bundle-receiver reaches its horizontal position,when the pawl R will again lock the gates M and M together, it beingunderstood the shoulder 7 0f the pawl B does not engage the bracket Runtil the bundle-receptacle has begun its return movement, and as thereceptacle is moving toward its horizontal position and the catch R isin engagement with the bracket R the tension of the springs R R is againincreased or set for another operation.

In the complete and practical construction of my machine the ways K Kare adjustably mounted upon a frame K fixedly secured to the main frameA of the machine. This is done through the medium of bolt-and-nutdevices l as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and by adjusting these bolt-and-nutdevices the ways K can be brought closer to or farther from the frame K,as conditions may make desirable. To brace the frame I I provide aseries of cross-rods K K, the lower one K of which is bent semicircular,as shown in Fig. 1,so as not to interfere withthe discharge of the shockto the ground.

Briefly, the operation of my invention is as follows: The grain is cutby any suitable cutting mechanism and fed into the receptacle by theelevator-mechanism chains E and laid lengthwise therein, the receptaclebeing in the position shown in Fig. l, with the top gates M M beingopen. As soon as the receptacle has become filled the cam G shifts theconnecting-gears to cause the receptacle-gears to operate to turn thereceptacle in a vertical position. As this is being done the end gate Mis opened by having its latch shifted by the member K and as thereceptacle moves toward its vertical position the bottom gates M M willbe open by reason of the gears N coming into mesh with the rack portionsN It should be understood, however, that immediately the receptaclebegins to turn to its vertical position the upper gates M M are closedby reason of the gears N being in engagement with their respective rackportions N As the apparatus passes onward the receptacle will leave thegrain standing, it being understood that the attendant has tied thegrain into a shock before the same has left the receptacle. As soon asthe receptacle has left the standing grain the cam Gr Will becomedisengaged from the shaft C, and the spring 0 will then again shift thegears so that the receptacle will be returned to its vertical position,the bottom gates closing as the receptacle starts on its return movementand the top gates opening as the receptacle reaches a horizontalposition, when the elevator device will again fill the receptacle andthe proceeding will be as before.

It will be observed that the action of the complete mechanism isentirely automatic, and the several parts are so combined to effect theintermediate operations of elevating the bundles, receiving them in thereceptacle H, oscillating the holder to dump and stand the shock in apositive and effective manner.

W hile the general arrangement of the details of construction shown anddescribed present a preferred arrangement of parts for accomplishing thedesired results, yet it will be understood that the said details may bemodified or varied without departing from the principle of my inventionand the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In a shocking-machine as described; an oscillating bundle-receiverincluding a pair of ,upper hinged gates and a pair. of lower hingedgates, means controlled by the forward movement of the machine for firstclosing the upper gates and tilting the receiver to a verticalpo" sitionand then opening the lower gates as the receiver reaches its verticalposition and again closing said lower gates while moving the receiver toits horizontal position.

2. In a machine as described; the combination with a bundleelevatingmeans and mechanism for actuating the same controlled by the machinedrive-axle, a vertically-tiltable bundle-receiver, stop devices fornormally supporting it at its horizontal or receiving position, anactuating mechanism for imparting an intermittent movement to thereceiver in reverse directions, the bundle-elevating mechanism includingmeans for cooperatively connecting the bundle-receiver-actuatingmechanism with the elevator devices, and trip members for releasing thereceiver-supporting stop devices controlled by the saidreceiver-actuating mechanism, as set forth.

3. A machine as described including elevator devices, an oscillatingbundle receiver adapted to receive the bundles as they discharge fromthe elevator devices, said receiver comprising a pair of hinged upperand a pair of hinged lower gates, automatically-operating means fortilting the receiver, said receiver also including supplemental gatedevices for holding the bundles from falling out of the receiver, andautomatically-operating means for tripping said supplemental devices torelease the bundles as hereinbefore specified.

4:. In a machine as described; the combination with the main frame, theelevating devices, the ground-wheel axle, and mechanism actuated by' themovement of said axle for transmitting differential motion to theelevating devices; of a receiver adapted to collect the bundlesdischarged from the elevator, said receiver comprising a pair of sidebars each having a stub-axle journaled in the main frame, a pair ofsegmental shaped gates hinged to the upper edges of the bars,asimilar-shaped pair of lower gates hinged to the lower edges of thebars, actuating mechanism for opening and closing the said gatesalternately as the receiver is oscillated, mechanism geared with one ofthe stub-axles on the receiver for rocking the same at predeterminedtimes, and intermediate connections joining said gear mechanism with themeans for transmitting motion to the elevating devices, said connectionsincluding automatically-shiftable clutch devices, for the purposesspecified.

5. In a machine as described; in combination with the main frame; abundle receiver and dumper comprising top and bottom. portlons, eachportion consisting of a pair of 1ndependently-operating hinged gates, arocking shaft for each gate which forms the hinged Witnesses:

member to which the gate portions are fixedly secured, each of saidshafts having a mutilated bevel-gear, segmental guides secured to themain frame, each having a plurality of alternately smooth andrack-grooved surfaces for cooperating with the mutilated gears on thehinged shafts, and means cooperatively joined with and operated from theground-wheel axle of the machine for imparting an intermittentoscillation to the bundle-receiver, for the purposes described.

6. In a machine as described; an oscillating bundle receiving anddumping means, and the ground-wheel axle; of a mechanism for effectingan intermittent oscillation of the said bundle receiving and dumpingmeans, such mechanism including cooperative mutilated gears, acontinuously rotating shaft geared with the ground-wheel axle, and ashaft-clutch mechanism for controlling the mutilated gears, and meansalso driven through the ground-wheel-axle movement for shifting thecontinuously-rotating shaft and the clutch mechanism whereby to set intoan operative motion either of the cooperative mutilated gears foroscillating the bundle receiving and dumping means, as set forth.

7. In a machine as described; the combination with the main frame, theoscillating bundle-receiver, said receiver including side bars havingstop portions 0, means for actuating the oscillating bundle-receivercontrolled by the forward motion of the machine, said actuatingmechanism including the wheel having an annular groove P and a radialnotch Q and the sliding shaft C and clutch member C of the shifting barP" and the crank-arms 1: pivotally connected with the clutch G one ofthe crank-arms P being also pivotally joined to the bar P, and the catchP having a stud member P for engaging the groove P and the notch Q andthe wheel F, all being arranged substantially as shown and for thepurposes described.

8. In a machine as described, an oscillating receiver, means actuatedfrom the groundwheel axle for oscillating the same to and from avertical position, an elevator for discharging the bundles into thereceiver, and difierential-speed mechanism cooperatively joined with theelevator, including devices for reducing the speed of the elevator whenthe receiver is moving to its vertical position.

EDW'ARD A. MAINGUET.

G. R. CLINE, F. (J. IVIITOHELL.

